Someone I know posted this elsewhere. This is NOT mine, and not sure if the numbers are entirely accurate, but like seeing multiple leagues compared. Also, they broke USL into USL and "MLS2" for some reason.

Someone I know posted this elsewhere. This is NOT mine, and not sure if the numbers are entirely accurate, but like seeing multiple leagues compared. Also, they broke USL into USL and "MLS2" for some reason.

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Looks fairly accurate except for the low number of games for some of the teams. That should be at around 13 or 14 for every team except Puerto Rico who started in July.

Other niggles:

1. Cincinnati is misspelled. Pet peeve since I grew up near there.
2. San Antonio is listed as a continuation of the NASL Scorpions. That is not the case.
3. How did some of the these teams have over 100% or even 200% declines in attendance? That would mean they now draw negative numbers of fans. Kind of makes me wonder about the math being used. Fort Lauderdale, for instance, went from drawing around 4,400 last year to 1,452 this year. That is a 67% decline, not 210%.

3. How did some of the these teams have over 100% or even 200% declines in attendance? That would mean they now draw negative numbers of fans. Kind of makes me wonder about the math being used. Fort Lauderdale, for instance, went from drawing around 4,400 last year to 1,452 this year. That is a 67% decline, not 210%.

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1. High five!

3. Yeah, I would think 100% decline would mean 0 people attended. Guessing they mixed up decreases with increase mathematics.

Looking ahead a bit to next season, I could see T2's attendance increasing significantly. T2 will be moving the majority of their home matches to Providence Park beginning next season. Back in the MLS Reserve League, the Timbers reserve team averaged around 8,000 in attendance at then-PGE Park, so there is precedent. The only caveat is that the Thorns could eat into that number. Regardless, I suspect T2s attendance should be markedly higher during 2017.

Looking ahead a bit to next season, I could see T2's attendance increasing significantly. T2 will be moving the majority of their home matches to Providence Park beginning next season. Back in the MLS Reserve League, the Timbers reserve team averaged around 8,000 in attendance at then-PGE Park, so there is precedent. The only caveat is that the Thorns could eat into that number. Regardless, I suspect T2s attendance should be markedly higher during 2017.

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As a T2 season ticket holder, I can not see us getting 8,000 often. But there will be an increase over this year, wont play home games at the same time as first team for a start. Crowd's could also increase further if 1. the results improve 2. They lower the cost of beer (back when Timbers were in the USL they used have Thirsty Thursdays and had big crowds for the USL) 3. Double headers with MLS team, Thorns, U23 team could help too (although T2 were a 4pm kickoff on a weeknight before the Timbers US Open cup game and T2 crowd was lower, at least till near the end of the game)

Someone I know posted this elsewhere. This is NOT mine, and not sure if the numbers are entirely accurate, but like seeing multiple leagues compared. Also, they broke USL into USL and "MLS2" for some reason.

Cincinnati finishes with a(n obvious) record average for D3 of 17,296.

Other good crowds tonight:
Richmond got a season-high 6,123 to finish at 3,996.
St. Louis got a record 6,004 to finish at 4,923.
And the usual 11,569 in Sacramento gets them to a final average of 11,514.

At the other end of things...

Arizona draws 1,239 tonight and finishes averaging 1,460.
Charlotte's 1,471 tonight gets them to 1,375 for a final average.
Harrisburg moved to some small college and drew 527, and finish at 1,526.

although Rochester numbers stand out. 3.7k and that's according to them an 11% increase over last year. You think it's a mistake or some legit "paid tickets" number?

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I am missing four Rochester numbers, so I don't know what to make of them.

I have asked for the missing numbers, but anyone who could write this bit of genius is probably teaching English at SUNY-Cortland or something and unable to respond at the moment.

They averaged an announced 5,570 last year, so 3,786 (which is what I have for the 11 games I have data for) would be a substantial decrease. The league release said Rochester's final average was 3,655, so it's even lower than what I have.

The league's release this week about its attendance notes its total attendance was up 33 percent (they also played 30% more games this year than last). So, fine. But even with the missing numbers, the average isn't 33% higher this year than last. (If it's really 3,440, based on their professed total, it's about 75 more folks per game.)

My numbers and the league's numbers apparently disagree on San Antonio, Charleston and Tulsa, but not by a lot. (This is not surprising - teams routinely alter numbers from when they initially hit the box score.)

As for the Rhinos, they've always been a strange situation. Back in the day, they were packing them in, but the owners were playing fast and loose with bills and things, so it's not out of the realm of possibility that the numbers were even less accurate than most. I have no idea.

But people who live in Rochester say the difference between what's announced and what they perceive is large. My most recent experience was 2011 when we did a few USL Games of the Week from there, and I was disappointed with how many people were there. I don't remember what they announced, though I could check were I so inclined.

Someone I know posted this elsewhere. This is NOT mine, and not sure if the numbers are entirely accurate, but like seeing multiple leagues compared. Also, they broke USL into USL and "MLS2" for some reason.

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Well, I do not know if the attendance numbers are correct. But a first look at the variation shows that the person who composed this table has certainly not used the formula '(absolute change in attendance/attendance 2015)*100'. I guess that he expresses everything in terms of the attendance in 2016 (i.e. he divides by that number).